Masako

Masako
Gender Female
Origin
Word/name Japanese
Meaning Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Masako (雅子, 真沙子 or まさこ) is a female Japanese given name. People named Masako include the following:

Living people

Historic figures

  • Princess Nashimoto Masako of Japan (梨本宮方子女王, Nashimono-no miya Masako Joou), later Crown Princess Bangja of Korea
  • Princess Masako (恒久王妃昌子内親王, Tsunehisa Ōhi Masako naishinnō), (30 September 1888 – 8 March 1940), 6th daughter of Emperor Meiji
  • Lady Hōjō Masako (北条 政子), later known as the "Nun Shogun" (尼将軍, Ama shōgun)
  • Minamoto Masako (源晶子), (1552–1589), a posthumously given name to Lady Saigo, first consort of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
  • Tokugawa Masako (徳川和子), 5th daughter of Tokugawa Hidetada, the 2nd Tokugawa Shogun
  • Masako Natsume (夏目雅子, Natsume Masako), Japanese actress
  • Masako Katsura (1913–1995), carom billiards player

Fictional characters

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